Latent classes of resilience and their stress difference of medical students

Objective To explore the classification characteristics of medical students resilience, and psychological stress difference of each latent class. Methods A total of 500 medical students from a medical university majoring in five-year clinical in Liaoning province were investigated by using the questionnaire, the resilience scale and the Chinese college students stress scale. Results Three latent classes model of resilience in medical students was supported, including low tenacity (32.7%), general resilience (32.1%) and (35.2%). In Logistic regression analysis, the proportion of students whose majors met their interests in the resilience group (OR=3.796) and the tenacity-strength group (OR=7.556) was larger. There were significant differences in psychological stress scores between different latent classes (P<0.01). Conclusions Medical students′ resilience has obvious classification characteristics, and there were different distributions in different latent classes of whose majors meet their interests. Researchers and teachers should pay more attention to the students who have less resilience and whose majors are not in accordance with their own interests, develop their professional interest, and improve psychological stress through appropriate intervention methods.